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It's not worth having unless you are one of the unfortunates with excellent ECAs, great GPA, and High Class Rank sitting on a thin white envelope.
Sorry about the TWE, but having the debate won't change that.
It's not worth having unless you are one of the unfortunates with excellent ECAs, great GPA, and High Class Rank sitting on a thin white envelope.
Got denied from CGA late last year under EA. Highschool college counsiler tried to get me reconsidered under RA. CGA counciler said that they could not take me beacuse they had a minority quota to fill. Kinda makes me irrate.
Perhaps true but what a sad statement.having the leaders look drastically different than the followers creates an environment for command climate issues.
Hunter.50cal, It is your ATTITUDE, not your APTITUDE, that determines your ALTITUDE. Please read about the role of Inclusion and Diversity at the CGA. It may help you to see things in a different light. http://www.uscga.edu/about.aspx?id=32
To the rest of us...
We need to think carefully before posting on such controversial topics. There are many well qualified, outstanding cadets and candidates that also happen to be members of under represented groups. These type threads can be incredibly offensive and insensitive to these individuals and their accomplishments.
There are the slightly marginal cadets or candidates that really need support and encouragement. These are the young men and women that I really worry about stumbling on a thread like this and becoming discouraged.
Does anyone know how many applicants will get accepted to USCGA? ANd how do they rate the applicants per district?
Heard the same thing about the USNA a couple of years ago. When they were forced to reveal the stats through a Freedom of Information Act request, the numbers were not pretty.Why is everyone assuming that any minorities accepted must have lower stats than white candidates?
First, there's no way anyone from admissions told you that you weren't admitted because of race. All you get is a "thanks but no thanks" letter. Maybe a generic "work on these weaknesses" if you seek further information.
Second, it's not necessarily "diversity for diversity's sake." The Enlisted Corps is much more diverse than the Officer Corps right now and having the leaders look drastically different than the followers creates an environment for command climate issues. The only way to fix it is to carefully select who they push through the commissioning programs.
Why is everyone assuming that any minorities accepted must have lower stats than white candidates? If I were an admissions officer, and I had two equally qualified candidates - one white, one minority, and the entering class is already comprised of a majority of white males, I'd probably give the nod to the minority candidate. Diversity is a good thing.
Whether you like it or not, it is a stated mission of all the services to have the officer corp more closely resemble the enlisted forces in racial make-up.
And you were in charge of admissions when?
Does anyone know how many applicants will get accepted to USCGA? ANd how do they rate the applicants per district?
Armystrong, that does not even remotely qualify as discrimination. As I said above, hypothetically, if I had two EQUALLY qualified candidates, I would choose the candidate that brought diversity to the class, whether it be because he's 1/4 Cherokee from Georgia, or an African American from Texas, or what have you. There are limited slots in each class, not every qualified person, regardless of race, can be admitted. Never did I advocate choosing less qualified candidates simply because of their race, although in reality that may happen as well.
Whether you like it or not, it is a stated mission of all the services to have the officer corp more closely resemble the enlisted forces in racial make-up. In my opinion, if the academy selected a class of nothing but middle class white boys
when qualified minority candidates had applied, that would be discrimination.
Choosing diverse candidates from a field of all qualified applicants is not.